Keegan Matheson

Because to have George Springer at number one, then you can play around with two and with four, but you have George at one, Vladdy at three.

You finally have something to tie yourself to, which the Blue Jays haven't had in forever.

We've seen Miles Straw, David Schneider, Nathan Lucas, Ernie Clement batting leadoff.

It's not supposed to work like that for this team.

With George back, it just makes more sense.

And I would take 70% of George Springer over no George Springer at all.

You got it, fellas.

Take care.

It's an interesting one, guys.

I'm almost surprised we didn't see this a bit earlier.

It's a way to shake up someone.

And if you're going to open up for someone, I would rather tell Eric Lauer I'm using an opener in front of him than tell Max Scherzer that.

So, good start.

And ideally what you're looking for here, guys,

is to get through those one, two, three, four hitters, like the real big dogs at the top of the lineup.

And what you are doing is trying to give Eric Lauer a softer landing spot.

You're trying to get him away from the big ones the first time through.

And then he comes in and faces the five, six, seven, eight, nine, and maybe goes once more through that order.

We'll see how this works, guys.

There are a million variables in this rotation already with guys coming back, guys who have not looked good.